Hilarious as hell thanks to total Minion madness, but also completely hollow at its core due to the absence of the very ingredient that made its predecessor an unexpected success of its year, Despicable Me 2 is an unabashedly funny ride when the screen is occupied by the little yellow henchmen but apart from that, everything about this sequel is a step down.

The follow-up to Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2 continues the journey of Gru as the ex-supervillain finds himself adjusting to a normal family life with his three daughters & is also attempting an honest living in the jam business. But when he is recruited by the Anti-Villain League for assistance in their latest investigation, his prime suspect turns…

Well wasn't this just a ahhe gooba chhipa hehe load of fun! My Minion isn't the best, but you get the idea. This sequel is a boundless surprise that drops the restraint of the first film and unleashes with a completely zany sense of Looney Tunes logic and Marx Brothersian(?) anarchic controlled chaos. What a joy!

This wonderfully surprising and imaginative little sequel finds our top-heavy villain Gru on the right side of the law now and on the far side of fatherhood. He's recruited by an anti-villain league to take down a criminal mastermind stationed somewhere in a supermail. This as his overbearing neighbor tries to recruit dates for the now father, he finds his own form of love,…

No point in writing a long review for this one. As with the first film I am at a loss to understand why the franchise is so popular. Sure, the Minions are sort of cute and even occasionally amusing in small doses but here they are used to get all the laughs and they quickly outstay their welcome.

Whilst I disliked the first film at least it had a proper plot whereas this is a series of thinly connected slapstick sketches that are never particularly funny. Even at just over 90-minutes the story is protracted and surprisingly dull given the larger than life characters and pratfalls. It might look slick but this is soulless, excruciatingly long and simply no fun.

The Good:Regular minions. Purple minions. Anything involving the minions. Heck, the only worthwhile scene in the entire movie is their cover of legendary R&B group All-4-One's immortal 'I Swear'... which one could now easily find on YouTube.

The Bad:"Hey, guys, the first one made over half a billion dollars, and now they gave us 80 mil to make another one! Alright, come on, let's come up with an even better story! So, does anyone have some great ideas? Anyone?" (silence followed by uproarious laughter) "Man, that was a good one! You're funny. It's a sequel... for a goddamn kids movie. The parents will practically throw their money at us. We don't need no fucking story."—I'm 99% sure this…

The whole gang returns for the sequel, main voice cast, directors and even the screenwriters. With that said the film has mostly the same strengths and weaknesses as the original. Gru and the minions are still the most entertaining aspect of the film, with everything else ending up a bit pale in comparison.

Writers Ken Daurio and Cinco Paul must have taken note of the criticism from the original as almost every scene has either Gru, the minions or both heavily involved. The plot this time around puts greater emphasis on them and finds better ways of integrating the minions especially in the central story.

While not nearly as funny or heartwarming as its predecessor, "Despicable Me 2" is still a great film. The story seems like a continuation of the first film's story as Gru is now trying to find a wife and mom for his kids. Of course she's a spy and they have to work together on a case to stop a villain. Of course, they fall in love and realize they are meant for each other. I like how they followed up the story with another family theme thrown in. It made the story charming and clever. The jokes aren't nearly as funny mostly due to some adult humor (which I can't stand in kids films). But it balances out the…

This is undemanding fun... and that chicken is my favourite character. It’s perhaps not as charming as the first but I do enjoy the addition of Lucy and the kids are still reliably entertaining. Watching this again after seeing Minions just reaffirms my opinion that Minions is terrible, and that these little critters only work as side characters in this series.

Not quite as sweet as the first, and missEd the presence of a proper villain throughout; but I giggled stupidly at all the relevant parts, might have giggled at the word 'bottom' for a good five minutes, so to suggest that I didn't enjoy this would be a lie.

Gets the Minion balance just right - they're hilarious throughout, aren't given the focal point that ruins them in their own feature film, and are used a lot more than in the original Despicable Me.

It's at the expense of an enjoyable plot. Nowhere near as engaging as the first, and just not as fun. A lot more laughs but without the energy to really care. It's easy to see why, on that basis, the Minions got their own movie next, which at least did what it did well - kids love it - but this one is probably the weakest of the trilogy despite being the funniest.